Lake Norman High School

Lake Norman High School is located in Mooresville, North Carolina. The school is a part of the Iredell-Statesville school system. The name of the school comes from nearby Lake Norman. Lake Norman High was built to relieve over crowding at near-by South Iredell High School. In 2009, Lake Norman High School had the highest graduation rate of North Carolina public non-charter schools with 95% of the senior class receiving a diploma. In June 2012, Lake Norman High School was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.SizeThe school, as of August 2014, has over 1,800 students. The school was originally built for 1,300 students. In 2006, a new wing was added on to the school as the Freshmen Academy.AthleticsThe school has men's and women's teams in soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, swimming, diving, cross-country, track, and lacrosse. Men's sports also include football, wrestling, and baseball; women's sports also include volleyball, softball, and cheerleading.The school has won state championships in men's lacrosse (2012), men's soccer (2006 and 2007), men's tennis (2009), baseball (2009), men's basketball (2010), and men's swimming (2009). Individual state champions have also been crowned in wrestling (2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013), women's tennis (2008), and men's and women's swimming (2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012). The school also claimed their first football conference championship in 2014 by sweeping the conference at 7-0. The school also has a plethora of trophies from the cheerleading squad winning numerous regional, state and national competitions.The school competes in the 3A/4A North Piedmont Athletic Conference against many other local schools including Alexander Central, North Iredell, North Lincoln, Statesville, South Iredell, West Iredell, and Mooresville. Lake Norman's biggest rivals include Mooresville Senior High School and South Iredell.